Patents Examined by Sheaman Basinger
  • Patent number: 5795204
    Abstract: A combination water shoe and swim fin is provided offering foot protection on land or in water. A pliable sole having a slip resistant lower surface is formed to a shoe upper body formed of mesh material allowing for quick water drainage from the inner foot receiving cavity formed between the sole and upper body. Extending from the sole outward from the outer shoe sidewall is a swim fin. The swim fin extends laterally outward, and does not extend forward beyond the toe fence of the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Inventor: Roderick S. Bruner